Doctor Strange in 2013?

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Marvel said to be moving forward with the Sorcerer Supreme.

By Scott Collura

The Marvel movie universe has slowly but surely been getting more otherworldly with Cosmic Cubes and Asgardian realms and whatnot, but that shift could be on the verge of going seismic as reports are indicating that a Doctor Strange movie is heating up.

Twitch reports that scripters Thomas Donnelly and Joshua Oppenheimer have just turned in a script about the Sorcerer Supreme and "Marvel is pushing forward with the property." They were hired last summer to bring the story of Stephen Strange to the screen, and have also toiled on Cowboys & Aliens and the Conan remake, as well as a draft of the Uncharted movie (for what it's worth).

The studio has made up a short list of directors and is "forwarding the current script to each to try and sign someone up to 'oversee continued development,'" possibly for a 2013 release.

This is interesting, because I had heard recently that Marvel was cooling on the prospect of the Strange movie. Then again, as Twitch points out, maybe the 'oversee continued development' thing means they don't love the current script and are looking for a director who can really shape it into something worthwhile. We'll see.